Annie and Lena: Different Now
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
22/04/2022 … With an effervescent energy and a deeply ingrained chemistry, Annie Lumsden and Lena Moon bring a strong sense of fun to this freewheeling sketch show.
Fri 22 April 2022
Will McKenna: Appellation
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
22/04/2022 … Will McKenna played Scorpius Malfoy in the Australian production of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child – and he’s sprinkled some magic over his Melbourne…
Ben Kochan & Concetta Caristo: Funny As Sin
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
22/04/2022 … If you were looking for one word to describe this show, it would have to be ‘loose’.
Sunandra Loves Britney
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
22/04/2022 … Sunanda is a truculent powerhouse of a performer with a coming-out story they’re compelled to tell.
Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh: Presentation Is Everything
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
22/04/2022 … More than a decade behind the curve, Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh have leaned heavily into PowerPoint.
Melbourne Comedy Festival announces its 2022 newcomer nominees
22/04/2022 … The nominees have been announced for best newcomer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Thu 21 April 2022
© BBC Julia McKenzie becomes Radio 4's new comedy commissioner
Exec moves from making programmes to ordering them
21/04/2022 … Radio 4 has appointed Julia McKenzie as its new comedy and entertainment commissioner.
© Baby Cow/C4 Chivalry
Review of Sarah Solemani and Steve Coogan's #MeToo comedy
21/04/2022 … There are few more relevant topics for a satire than Hollywood’s response to the #MeToo movement – even if any comedic take must walk the tightrope…